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Dental Professionals Can Help Identify and Save Child Sex Trafficking Victims

Child sex trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world, according to a...

Cigna Notes Decrease in Opioid Prescriptions Among Its Dental Providers

Cigna has partnered with dentists to increase awareness of the dangers of opioids, the...

Bad Dentists and the Professional Code of Silence

Every profession inclusive of law enforcement, medicine, education, and law has an unfortunate number...

Opioid Prescriptions Continue to Be Common for Adolescent Dental Patients

Dental issues remain a significant cause of opioid prescriptions among teens and young adults,...

Dentists Can Be the First Line of Defense in Identifying Domestic Abuse

As much as 75% of head and neck trauma associated with domestic violence occurs...

First-Time Opioid Prescription Rates Decline

A national call for restraint in opioid prescribing has yielded dramatic progress in clinician...

Projects Educate Clinicians About the Signs of Child Sex Trafficking

Child sex trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world, according to the...

Texas State Supreme Court Rules in Massive Medicaid Fraud Case

Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva M. Guzman delivered her opinion on June 22, 2018,...

Class of Drug Linked to Surge in Opioid-Related Deaths

People with chronic pain often are prescribed benzodiazepines to treat anxiety, panic attacks, and...

Medicaid: A Prime Driver Behind the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic

On January 17, 2018, the US Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...